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Aggressive behavior in adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Author: Smith, Keelie Date: 2013 Behavioral studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have indicated that aggression is common amongst alcohol-exposed adolescents, and that it appears to become more prevalent with age in that population. Such studies have documented ... Read more
A cross cultural study of motor development in the Western Cape

Author: Irwin-Carruthers, Sheena Margaret Hamilton Date: 1986 Despite conflicting evidence regarding advanced motor behaviour in black African infants, very few comparative studies have been published. Reliable developmental norms for local populations are essential for the early identification of ... Read more
Development and validation of a quantitative choline food frequency questionnaire for use with drinking and non-drinking pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Carter, R Colin ; Jacobson, Sandra W ; Booley, Sharmilah ; Najaar, Baheya ; Dodge, Neil C ; Bechard, Lori J ; Meintjes, Ernesta M ; Molteno, Christopher D ; Duggan, Christopher P ; Jacobson, Joseph L ; Senekal, Marjanne Date: 22 Nov 2018 Background Although animal and human studies have demonstrated interactions between dietary choline and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, dietary choline deficiency in pregnancy is common in the US and worldwide. We sought ... Read more
The development of posture in very low birthweight infants (<1500 grams)

Author: Magasiner, Vivien Adele Date: 1993 The aims of the study were to examine postural development in very low birthweight and normal birthweight infants and to determine whether deviant postures were predictive of adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. In the first part of the study ... Read more
Event-based prospective memory in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Author: O'Leary, Catherine Date: 2013 Learning and memory seem to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. Previous research has, however, been limited to the study of retrospective memory (i.e., episodic or declarative memory) in children ... Read more
Neurodevelopmental outcome of the high risk infant in Cape Town

Author: Thompson,Mary Clare Date: 2000 The outcome of high risk infants provides an important audit of neonatal care. This audit renders valuable information to clinicians, parents and health care planners. Available outcome data from the developing world are sparse and urgently ... Read more
The prevalence of neural tube defects and the outcome of myelomeningocele in Cape Town

Author: Buccimazza, Sandro Sabatino Date: 1996 This study was designed to document the prevalence of neural tube defects in Cape Town and to determine the outcome of children born with a myelomeningocele and operated on within the Neurosurgical service of the University of Cape Town. The ... Read more
The relationship between growth, development and social milieu - a longitudinal study involving preschool Coloured children in Cape Town

Author: Molteno, Christopher D Date: 1986 A prospective longitudinal study was carried out to establish the relationship between growth, development and social milieu in Coloured pre-school children in Cape Town. This population was selected because, on the basis of previous studies, ... Read more
Visual perception and motor function of children with birth-weights under 1250grams and their full term normal birth weight peers at five to six years of age : a Cape Town study

Author: Coetzer, Dorothea Date: 1996 This study aimed to assess and compare the visual perceptual, visual motor integration and motor abilities of infants weighing less than 1250 grams at birth and a matched group of normal full birth weight controls at the age of five to six ... Read more

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